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K.- W. HEDGES. COMPOSITION FOR ATTAOHING ANTIFRIOTION LININGS ORFAOINGS.

Patented June 6, 1893.

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KILLINGWVORTH W. I-IEDGES, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

COMPOSITION FOR ATTACHING ANTIFRICTION LININGS 0R FACINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 499,111, dated June 6,1893.

Application filed August 2. 1892. Serial No. 441,944. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KILLINGWORTH WIL- LIAM HEDGES, a subject of theQueen of England, residing at No.7 Carteret Street, Westminster, London,in the county of Middlesex, England, have inventeda newand usefulImprovement in Compositions for Attaching Antifriction Linings orFacings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to journal boxes, bushes and other parts ofmachinery subject to frictional wear. In devices of this characterananti-friction lining or facing compound, containing carbon in the formof plumbago, is generally employed; but when these linings or facingsare separate pieces they are usually fixed in position through themedium of screws, or other fastening devices, or if the compositionadmits of it they are pressed and baked in the position which they arepermar nently to occupy.

My invention has for its object to provide a new and improvedcomposition for fixing or attaching such anti-friction lining or facingto metal.

To accomplish this object my invention consists in thefeatureshereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to theaccompanying drawing, in which the figure is a detail sectional view ofone form of journal box embodying my invention.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention I will now describe the same in detail.

Referring to the drawing herein the numeral 1 indicates the metalportion of the journal box, and 2 the anti-friction lining or facinghereinbefore mentioned. The journal box or metal portion 1, illustratedin the drawing, is only typical of the many different forms of journalboxes, bushes, or other partsof machinery to which my invention isapplicable.

In carrying myv invention into effect, I mix putty. I apply this puttyas a cement layer 3 interposed between the anti-friction lining orfacing 2 and the metal 1 which is to be lined and faced. The metal doesnot require to be bored, turned, or otherwise tooled. After pressing theparts together I expose the whole to heat sufficient to vaporize anddispel the more or less volatile ingredients of the cement, and thusrender the latter hard and firm. The proportions of theingredients maybe varied, but practically I find a good proportion to be about fourparts of finely pulverized plumbago or graphite to one part of liquidcoal tar. The temperature required for hardening the cement need notexceed 400 Fahrenheit. The composition of carbon and tar is a betterconductor of heat than where mica is used in a composition bearing andconsequently less heating of the bearing results by the employment of myinvention. Further the adhesion is better than where mica is employed ina composition.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A means for fixingan anti-friction lining or facing 011 a metal foundation, said meansconsisting of carbon and tar pressed and baked in place between thelining or facingand the foundation, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 20th day of July, A. D.1892.

KILLINGWORTI-I WV. HEDGES.

Witnesses:

WALTER J. SKERTEN, WILMER M. HARRIS, Both of 17 Gracechuroh Street,London, E. C.

